Aaron Treadway - NOAA/NWS Lightning Safety Expert

Aaron Treadway is a National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist with a career focused on the protection of lives and property and communicating the risks associated with severe storms. His current job is enhancing the service capacity of the NWS’s Severe Weather Program as its Coordinator and Lightning Safety Expert.

Before becoming the Severe Program Coordinator Aaron served 10 years as an operational forecaster at the National Weather Service Office in New Braunfels, Texas where he worked numerous severe weather events issuing live-saving watches and warnings, sharing safety information on social media, and performing post-storm damage surveys on tornadoes. Within the office his focus areas included radar meteorology, social media and hazard communication, impact-based decision support, and outreach activities where he gave interviews, community talks, and school talks about how to remain safe during all types of hazardous weather.

Aaron holds a B.S. degree in Meteorology from The University of Oklahoma, and a M.S. degree in Emergency Management from Jacksonville State University. He incorporates his passion to help people understand the weather, how it could impact them, and the various risks associated with weather into his roles of Severe Program Coordinator and NWS Lightning Safety Expert.

Always remember, “When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors” and “See a Flash, Dash Inside!”